Patron
Her Excellency, Professor Marie Bashir AC, Governor of New South Wales
Professor Bashir, the first woman to be appointed Governor of NSW, took up her office on 1 March 2001 and agreed to be patron of Keep Australia Beautiful NSW shortly after.
Born of Lebanese descent, in Narrandera in the Riverina district of NSW and educated at Narrandera Public School and Sydney Girls High School, Marie Bashir gained her bachelor degrees in medicine and surgery in 1956 from the University of Sydney.
Professor Bashir is married to Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE and together they have three children and six grandchildren.
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